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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Seems as much a confirmation as any. Insanely disappointing

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

People say MGS2 is prescient, but they got the wrong Metal Gear 2

"An atmosphere of tension begins to build in the Middle East"

"Meanwhile, the world's oil supply, which was to last another 30 years, suddenly and unexpectedly dries up. Without a safe alternative source of energy, the world faces a severe energy crisis"

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

9 Evos almost certainly happening, never in doubt 😀

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𝔅𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔒'𝔊𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔥𝔞𝔫 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I can't believe we're still doing WoW killers in the big '26. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po4a...

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But it might work for us!

YouTube video by Jesse Clark

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Tommy Tomlinson @tommytomlinson.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

So here's a quote from @pablo.show that applies to not only his Clippers investigation but the best of what journalism can be: www.nytimes.com/athletic/756...

"I think that we have the ability to do something that the rest of our culture is yearning for, which is make people who are too rich to care about anything resembling the public interest worry that maybe they need to tell us the truth."

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Hmm, lot of online takes dweebs seem to like politicians with swaggering braggadocio when it's Barack Obama, Josh Shapiro, Jon Ossoff, Hakeem Jeffries or Pete Buttogieg, but when it comes to Zohran Mamdani or Abdul El-Sayed it's "annoying" and "douchey". Curious

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I don't really think that will be the case - I am not quite cynical enough to be totally blind to the changing perspective on this I've seen broadly. I think people knew post-release that this was not the white whale

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I certainly hope this will teach people to manage expectations and also to be endlessly skeptical of big investment plans, no matter the company

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

She ran a CrossFit gym, which is basically a swinger's club that produces orthopedic injuries

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Can't wait for EWC 2027 in Riyadh 👍

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Long but worthy read. No surprised that this is a MAGA thing at heart, and it's why that, unfair or not, any affiliation with MAGA or MAHA should naturally invite intense skepticism that the reality they describe is on the same plane as ours heated.world/p/the-influe...

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The influencer teaching millions to fear solar

Alexandra Fasulo says she’s protecting farms and wildlife. How much of her rhetoric is actually true?

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I've always been a bit cold on Yakuza/LaD, because I feel like it's always reaching but never quite grasping for the right gameplay. Having recently played it again, it turns out that already exists and it is still excellent today

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Been laughing about this for a while

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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

what’s the Odyssey about? I’m so glad you asked

the ancient “don’t email my wife” meme, there’s a beige suburban house with
“STOP NOW
don’t email my wife!!!!”
written on the white garage doors in red paint

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I find the SGDQ thing heartwarming, not only because I agree with the action but it's yet another sign that, yes, you can just *do* that, the world won't burn, you'll have another event, and life goes on. I think it takes an honest mindset to do something like that, which is where many struggle

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Shame about almost everything non-gameplay related about SFxTekken, it has some awesome remixes of classic Tekken tracks that you never get to hear youtu.be/7ftr_U7yzTQ

youtu.be

Street Fighter X Tekken - Ogre Boss Theme

YouTube video by pahchi

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

If I were trying to increase foreign tourism by buying up sundry entertainment companies and sporting teams, I would simply not restart the war of aggression I had previously started that has caused untold numbers of displacement and death

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I support this position, we shoulda been divesting from EVO and boycotting EWC ASAP, but also look at who we're talking about this whole scene is fucking whack there's too many bums who only care about chasing a bag and they have overwhelming mindshare in the community.

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Here Graham, you dropped this, King

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Could be a handy quote for life itself!

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Trying to research the Reddit Bricks story: - Franchisee makes consignment deal that isn't legal under franchise contract - Consignor was given an inflated value, is owed substantially less - Nuisance Youtuber makes himself the center of it all and tries to represent himself in court Jail pls?

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/07/2026

seemingly everyone chotiner interviews: “rip to everyone humiliated by chotiner but i’m different. and better. maybe even better than chotiner.”

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A prediction from me in 2023. I was off by a year, but it's good (read: soul killing) to know that I can read the tea leaves well enough

Prince Faisal would also maintain that a monopoly is out of reach, as Esports exist on the whims of the publishers, who control the IP and therefore any rights to both operate and broadcast a tournament. While this is broadly true, the PIF also invested over $4 billion to acquire stakes ranging above 5% in Activision-Blizzard, Take-Two Interactive, Ubisoft, and Capcom, all of which have their own Esports leagues or circuits. It is entirely possible that by 2025, the PIF will be responsible for the vast majority of Esports tournaments in the world.

The idea that, once again, more money will somehow snap these orgs out of extreme dysfunction and let the publishers lose their iron grip on IP and broadcast rights is pure poppycock. It didn’t work before, and it certainly will not work now, even if the money faucet lost its ‘off’ switch. The only outcome that is foreseeable is one in which the KSA becomes the hub for Esports and games publishing that they clearly want to be, and everyone falls in line whether they want to or not.

It seems like it was lost in the news over the weekend even though it was announced on the EVO stage but:

EVO Singapore has absorbed the TWT Finals, and they take place in the same weekend/venue. I would guess this is their goal for all the tours eventually.

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

A prediction from me in 2023. I was off by a year, but it's good (read: soul killing) to know that I can read the tea leaves well enough

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I get ppl being annoyed with the Ludwig thing, but at least that was a slop v slop exhibition. Real ones remember that there was a stunt to have Lupe Fiasco beat Daigo via a thrown match and Evo put him #1 on the leaderboards on SRK and pretended it was a shoot. Way more humiliating as a competitor

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Sean @videogremlin.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Jabba the Hutt: *looking at Cassian Andor, gesturing* Ya Fussa Pleeka Jutu "Y tu mamá también" Ho Ho Ho Ho Salacious Crumb: HeeeeeHehheheheEEE

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Running for political office on the barn-burning platform of "YouTube pedophile hunting vigilantes should all be imprisoned for 3-5 years"

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Murdoink @murdoink.com · 23/06/2026

mk2 reflecting pool

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 20/06/2026

a large portion of small business owners got that way because they were nightmares to work with anywhere else

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Stephanie Brownback @osu16bit.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This dumbass guy from DK 64 looks like Grox from War Gods.

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Evo has the lowest entrants since 2014 and they want like 8 of these mf

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

The portraits are now the same that's so awesome #FF7R

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Been playing this now that it's free on PS+. If you solely followed mainstream discussion of this game you'd feel as gaslit as I do now lol this is a quite solid action/stealth game. YT and Twitter so trash for talking about games iswtg

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Revan @revan.eurosky.social · 22/05/2026

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The Baffler wrote an article on the "Saudification" of video games, rightfully bringing up the EA deal but not one word about the competitive fighting game space rollup or Fatal Fury, which is arguably the first "Saudified" product from a company they completely own. "Baffling" indeed!

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

From literally yesterday

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

There are a lot of reasons to find Taylor Lorenz distasteful, but as far as the eldritch horrors that are Influencer-Journalists, it ain't that bad. It's no Olivia Reingold

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The Esports World Cup, a months-long extravaganza of excellence in esporting in Riyadh, the safest city in MENA, will have to move its world-class production apparatus to Paris with two months to spare due to a war that the Kingdom has encouraged the US to continue You can't make this shit up

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Shit not to ask Harada for: - Console port release dates - Rollback netcode - Comment on how many children's death his boss is personally responsible for bsky.app/profile/wari...

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A new paragon of free speech and civic discourse emerges

A post from SteveBikes on Twitter that shows David, the Marblehead Town Meeting guy speaking in the style of Norman Rockwell's free speech painting

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

POV you're the ace pilot of the hottest space mercenary group in the Lylat System

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Literally what is this guy's fucking problem

The character Falstaff from the learning app Duolingo

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Why did no one tell me this was peak

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Tanner/KingHippo @kinghippo42.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

It is one of my biggest frustrations as the ultimate skeptic and hater of the Crown's investment into gaming spaces. There is no savvy going on, it is the whim of a dumb manchild who is literally no smarter than Rick Fox blowing his load on an esports team. And it's his to play with alone now

The thing about trump and hegseth being very stupid men is that we have not spent nearly enough time grappling with the fact that mohamed bin Salman is also an extremely stupid man

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